Future of the Environment

Lessons from history on the effects of air pollution

Buildings in the financial district are obscured in a haze, as seen from Crystal Palace in south London June 26, 2010. The City of London financial district has now breached government air quality objectives by recording excessive pollution levels over 36 days in 2010, according to the London Air Quality Network.   REUTERS/Paul Hackett   (BRITAIN - Tags: CITYSCAPE ENVIRONMENT HEALTH) - LM1E66Q0XKE01

Economic historians have come up with a novel way of measuring the effects of air pollution. Image: REUTERS/Paul Hackett

Tim Hatton
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